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The Marketplace of IdeasSun, 02 Aug 2015 20:23:17 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Teach your parents wellhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/teach-your-parents-well/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/teach-your-parents-well/#commentsMon, 10 Dec 2012 21:31:54 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=85314How can it be that we expect our students to operate in a more sophisticated manner than we do ourselves? Yes, we do. In my role supporting campus communities in promoting a positive climate regarding Israel, I work with many student leaders and the professionals who mentor them. But I also frequently encounter non-students—community members, […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/teach-your-parents-well/feed/0No ceasefire on campushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/no-ceasefire-on-campus/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/no-ceasefire-on-campus/#commentsMon, 26 Nov 2012 07:33:20 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=82428The conflict in Gaza and Israel swept over American campuses in the past two weeks like a tidal wave. From the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense until now – including last week’s Thanksgiving holiday, during most of which American campuses were closed – my organization, the Israel on Campus Coalition, tracked 55 anti-Israel protests and rallies that sprang […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/no-ceasefire-on-campus/feed/3When we let us win on campushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/when-we-let-us-win-on-campus/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/when-we-let-us-win-on-campus/#commentsTue, 13 Nov 2012 01:16:15 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=78092When do campus Israel detractors win, and when do campus Israel supporters win? My organization, the Israel on Campus Coalition, tracks events relating to Israel on campuses throughout the United States to assess where the campus Israel network is strong and where it could be stronger. Our data points to one consistent pattern that shows […]

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http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/so-wrong-its-scary/#commentsMon, 29 Oct 2012 19:26:44 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=74224It’s nearly Halloween, celebrated here in the US largely as a secular holiday with fake spooks, pretend zombies, and other false scares that make it easy for us to laugh at our fears. Fittingly, the Israel-related media has covered a recent report regarding campus activities about Israel by focusing on all the wrong things. It’s […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/so-wrong-its-scary/feed/7Time to support a Jewish renaissance from campushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-to-support-a-jewish-renaissance-from-campus/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-to-support-a-jewish-renaissance-from-campus/#commentsMon, 15 Oct 2012 23:06:31 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=71264The Renaissance period represented a surge of exploration, discovery, creativity and innovation that began as the people of Europe discovered, or in many instances rediscovered, novel ways of thinking and experimented with their application across all aspects of their lives. To borrow a term from innovation historian James Burke, it was “the day the universe […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/time-to-support-a-jewish-renaissance-from-campus/feed/3The Essence of Relationships, and Practicing What We Preachhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-essence-of-relationships-and-practicing-what-we-preach/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-essence-of-relationships-and-practicing-what-we-preach/#commentsThu, 27 Sep 2012 21:05:53 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=67818Israel supporters seeking to change their campus environment for the better increasingly embrace relationship-based engagement as a key strategy. They find that nurturing and sustaining meaningful, personal relationships and infusing those relationships with understanding about Israel and Israelis works both in cultivating support among key campus decision-makers as well as in inspiring connections with Israel […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-essence-of-relationships-and-practicing-what-we-preach/feed/0For Israel on campus, time to show the lovehttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-israel-on-campus-time-to-show-the-love/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-israel-on-campus-time-to-show-the-love/#commentsThu, 13 Sep 2012 19:47:51 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=65316I helped to facilitate a meeting this Wednesday on a West Coast campus to discuss goals and objectives for the campus’s community of Israel supporters. The meeting participants, representing several different organizations, offered many suggestions regarding resources, programs, and materials. But when it came time to articulate what we as a community wanted to achieve, […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-israel-on-campus-time-to-show-the-love/feed/0God bless the presidenthttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/god-bless-the-president/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/god-bless-the-president/#commentsTue, 04 Sep 2012 00:11:29 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=62358Our God and God of our fathers, we ask Your blessing for our country, for its government, for its leader and advisors, and for all who exercise just and rightful authority. Teach them insights of Your Law, that they may administer all affairs of state fairly, that peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and […]

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http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-question-of-trust/#commentsMon, 20 Aug 2012 22:31:43 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=58482Recent news regarding a potential military strike against Iranian nuclear sites makes plain an ongoing tension between the views of US and Israeli authorities. Some sources describe an Israeli desire to have ironclad assurances from the US that the US will strike if all else fails; others (notably The Times of Israel) report that the […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-question-of-trust/feed/3The campus countdown has begunhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-campus-countdown-has-begun/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-campus-countdown-has-begun/#commentsMon, 06 Aug 2012 22:33:50 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=54892The Olympic Games in London are in their second week, and even the casual observer can appreciate that we are witnessing the results of years, in some cases a lifetime, of preparation. For campus Israel advocates, the preparation renews each year. August is a busy time. In the first week of the month, two outstanding […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-campus-countdown-has-begun/feed/0Short-term memory losshttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/short-term-memory-loss-2/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/short-term-memory-loss-2/#commentsTue, 24 Jul 2012 01:44:42 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=49702Campuses are a bit of a paradox. We know that colleges and universities serve as the breeding grounds for innovation, collaboration and discovery. Yet due to the natural turnover that occurs in the student population every four years or so, the institutional knowledge — the memory of the useful or important — of such ideas […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/short-term-memory-loss-2/feed/0Keep it complicated, stupidhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/keep-it-complicated-stupid/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/keep-it-complicated-stupid/#commentsTue, 10 Jul 2012 01:32:30 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=43912Tens of thousands of college students — many on Taglit: Birthright Israel, and others on Masa Israel Journey and other program s— are currently criss-crossing the State of Israel. They will consume literally tons of falafel balls, and walk hundreds of thousands of steps, as they weave their way up the ramps to Masada, and […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/keep-it-complicated-stupid/feed/0Shylock in the Middle Easthttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/shylock-in-the-middle-east/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/shylock-in-the-middle-east/#commentsMon, 25 Jun 2012 20:21:56 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=39756If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that. — Shylock, “The Merchant of Venice,” Act III, […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/shylock-in-the-middle-east/feed/1Why relationships on campus matterhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-relationships-on-campus-matter/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-relationships-on-campus-matter/#commentsMon, 11 Jun 2012 20:59:04 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=34440In early May, I wrote in this space about the hidden underbelly of Israel detractor campus activity, and how our community overlooks this activity at our peril. I mentioned at the time that Israel detractors had managed to slip anti-Israel resolutions virtually unnoticed through the student governments at a handful of schools this year, including […]

]]>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-relationships-on-campus-matter/feed/3Game-changershttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/game-changers/
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/game-changers/#commentsTue, 29 May 2012 03:02:47 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=29628With college athletics taking the very visible role that it does, I hope I may be forgiven for relying on a sports analogy regarding views of Israel on college campuses. The observation, however, is this: There are proven game-changers out there, and for the most part our community leaves them on the bench. The organizations […]